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[edit] Editted Bernice Hibbert's biography

I removed:

Bernice is one of the few African-American characters on The Simpsons. Besides her daughter and Lisa's friend Janey, she may be the only Black female character.

as this is simply not true. Other Afrcian American characters include Dr. Hibbert, Carl, "Bleeding Gums" Murphy, among others. Akshayaj 19:42, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

Please correct me if I'm wrong, but should Frankie the Squealer, Jessica Lovejoy and Constance Harm not be one-time characters? I did sort of stop following the Simpsons sometime after the 13th season or so, but as far as I know, they only appeared once. But then again, who would have thought, say, Rabbi Krustovsky would return? :)


Subheadings for "major" (i.e., small, but has more than 1 paragraph said about him/her) could make this page easier to navigate. --Menchi 05:28, Aug 9, 2003 (UTC)

Dr. Nick Riviera - There appears to be a contradiction. The subheading is "He impersonates a Doctor", but is followed by "he is the most incompetent doctor ever seen". I don't believe it's actually stated on the show that he impersonates a doctor, and is said he attended medical school. Suggest removal of "He impersonates a Doctor", to be replaced with "An incompetent doctor". Nick04 10:18, 23 Feb 2004 (UTC)

I think the most important quote (IMHO) for Dr. Nick Riviera is missing, as it really shows what kind of doctor he is :P . When watching a video tape on how to make a surgery, at a moment he cries "Oh no! Blood!" Shall I proceed? ;) Fafner 14:18, 15 Sep 2004 (UTC)

User 159.83.183.250, I made many positive changes in my edit of this page. How were they destructive, and why did you revert them all without discussing on this page? -- Kwekubo 23:36, 28 Feb 2004 (UTC)

It appears to me that some comments referring to Dr. Riviera as incompetent and various "funniest" things are POV. --Johnleemk 09:36, 8 Mar 2004 (UTC)

On the season 1 dvd, on the commentary for "Bart the General", it is mentioned that the writers intended for Herman to give a diffrent reason for his missing arm every time he appears on the show. --Reub2000 5 April 2004

Rose Gleen: how many times di she actually appear (it should be at least two to qualify as a recurring character)? DJ Clayworth 17:59, 4 Jun 2004 (UTC)

What about that strange man with the funny voice and the big head. I don't beleive he has a name yet, but he has appeared in newer episodes. He often uses the exclamation "Yes!", with a heavy, high-pitched accent on the 'Y'. In the episode where the Simpsons travel to Brazil, he appeared as a waiter who replied to Homer's inquisiton of "does this bill include tip?" with "¡Sí!". Know who i'm talking about?

 Insomniak 11:14, 11 July 2004 (MST)
This man is called the "Yes guy", it seems it has been added in the list ;)
Fafner 14:18, 15 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Should Duffman's last name be included? I believe in one episode it was revealed his name was actually "Duffman", though with a significantly different stress than the corporate "Duff-MAN" (more "DUFF-min"). -R. fiend 06:28, 17 Aug 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Separate articles for some characters?

We need to give characters their own articles. A lot of these entries are getting way too big. I started with Cletus but "Lovejoy Family" is incredibly large. I think we need to break it up a bit.

Followup - List of entries which are too big to be in this "list"
  • Cletus The Slack-Jawed Yokel
  • Dr. Julius Hibbert
  • Dr. Nick
  • Kent Brockman
  • Lovejoy Family

APclark 18:31, 9 November 2005 (UTC) P.S. Why is Jebediah in the list? Is he exactly a "recurring character"?

Judging from the title of this article, "list of recurring characters from The Simpsons," I'm assuming its function is to list the recurring characters from The Simpsons. Maybe I'm wrong? Certainly larger entries should become separate articles, but I think they should still be linked from this list.--Tellybelly 19:43, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hans Moleman

There's a discrepancy regarding his "true" age: 31 or 37. Googling turned up mostly clones of this article.

What happened to his entry in this article? ~ Hibana 23:41, 7 October 2005 (UTC)
His part of the article should definately be put back in. He's much more well-known than "Wendell". gtdp 22:33, 25 October 2005 (UTC)
I believe it was moved because Hans Moleman has his own article. sohmc 02:16, 27 October 2005 (UTC)
Okay, but he's still a recurring character. Shouldn't he still be included on the "list of recurring characters?" --Tellybelly 19:34, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Herman/Bush

I never thought that Herman's voice is similar to that of G.W. Bush. Considering Herman was around far before Bush Jr. became a v. well known figure, that sounds kind of misleading, eh? (Suggesting that Herman could in some way be based on Bush.) If no objection, I'll remove that comparison... Krupo 23:54, Sep 27, 2004 (UTC)

It's talking about Bush Sr, not Bush Jr. BillyH 00:28, 28 Sep 2004 (UTC)
Ah, my bad - can't keep the two straight. :) Krupo 00:46, Sep 28, 2004 (UTC)
And I believe it's talking about the voice of G.H.W. Bush (Sr), as played on The Simpsons, by the same actor as Herman, Harry Shearer. (When he comes to live next door to the Simpsons). --EatMyShortz 10:09, 15 Mar 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Quotes

I think those quotes will have to go... (to Wikiquote) but we can still put the wikiquote links beside each character. JOHN COLLISON [ Ludraman] 17:53, 1 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Disagree. There's certainly no rule saying "quotes are inappropriate on Wikipedia". I think there ought to be a couple of quotes associated with every character on this page. Tempshill 21:49, 1 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Agree Tempshill Paul Tracy

[edit] "Crazy Jewish Guy

I don't think "Crazy Jewish Guy" (as he is called here) is the same as "Crazy Old Man" who gave it away for free while singing "The Old Grey Mare". I recall a different voice and visage. Removing the reference. Tempshill 21:49, 1 Nov 2004 (UTC)

I'm pretty sure the "sarcastic man" is refered to as "wisecrack" in the episode guides.-LtNOWIS 03:40, 18 Nov 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Images

I think all the images here need to be PNG and not JPEG. Can anyone point me to the source of the imagess so it easier to get them to PNG format? --Berkut 01:41, 26 Nov 2004 (UTC)


who needs anybondy thts anybondy who needs lovejoy

[edit] Luigi's last name

Memory serving, and after so many episodes it often fails, we first hear Luigi's last name in Marge Simpson vs. SSCCATAG. I heard the name as "Luigi Risotto", not "Re Soto". Risotto would be a particularly good name for a chef. Has anyone seen anything written elsewhere that would lead them to suspect that it's "Re Soto"? -- Ventura 01:12, 2005 Jan 18 (UTC)

[edit] Spawn of Cletus

Are we sure that Cletus' child "Q-Bert" is actually "Q-Bert"? There is a real name "Cubert".

Yes. Yes we are, according to the official The Simpsons: A guide to our favourite family book. RealGrouchy 16:15, 26 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Where is Principal Skinner?

Principal Skinner is in the Springfield Elementary School article, which you can check out for yourself at the click of a button.--APclark 19:02, 21 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Professor Frink

Professor Frink was named after an actual producer of The Simpsons, named John Frink.

I heard that the character's name came before John Frink joined the production crew, and that he shared his name with this character was just a wild coincidence... - furrykef (Talk at me) 07:33, 1 Feb 2005 (UTC)

The real 'John Frink' was a old friend of (I think) Hank Azaria, who later joined the cast. Partial coincidence, I guess. --MartinUK 11:35, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Comic Book Guy proper name or not?

Michael Hardy has changed some of the references to have small 'g's. Is this correct? Rich Farmbrough 09:57, 1 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Michael is mistaken. His "name" is Comic Book Guy. This caplitalisation is used by the official Simpson's website, the Simpson's archive, The New York Post, this rather definative fanpage and many more. Worst grammar change ever :) -- John Fader 20:10, 16 Feb 2005 (UTC)
Do you think he should be listed as "Comic Book Guy" instead of "Jeff Albertson"? That whole thing bugged me. Rest assured I was on the Internet within minutes registering my disgust. *Worst break of running-gag ever* :) --EatMyShortz 10:11, 15 Mar 2005 (UTC)

[edit] "arrrr, he'll be dancin' for hours"...

accordian playing clown boy; I know I've seen him in at least two episodes, is he worth adding to the list? porges 07:42, May 3, 2005 (UTC)

Really? I've only seen him in one, I'm not sure he'd qualify as a recurring character. --Psyk0 19:06, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Handsome Pete? He dances for nickels. He's only been explicitly mentioned the once, but he's appeared other times, I think. john k 14:09, 15 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Comic Book Guy

I gave CBG his own article, seeing how his entry was long enough for one. --Kross 01:44, May 11, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Pasty-Faced Lawyer

I don't quite think he's "more honest" than Lionel Hutz, he did successfully argue that Bart was Mr. Burns biological son, among other things. --Wingsandsword 08:49, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Cookie Kwan

"She is also single, and often found on the Springfield dating scene where she, like most other Asian-American females, chases white men." - This description seems quite racist towards both fictional Cookie and Asian-American women in general. Further, Springfield does not appear to have a plethora of non-white, single men, thus limiting Cookie's choices. (Sanjay, is that you?) Id-less

Agreed. I hadn't noticed that one. --Psyk0 6 July 2005 22:44 (UTC)
Sanjay is married, isn't he? Wasn't it his daughter who competed in some talent competition? john k 14:10, 15 July 2005 (UTC)
I thought Sanjay was one of the singles in "Marge vs. Singles, Seniors, Childless Couples And Teens, And Gays" (episode #321). Id-less

[edit] Mervin Monroe

Is the information about Marvin Monroe's brother in "Simpsons Roasting" correct? The name "Mervin" was changed to "Murray" by a vandal who spends a lot of time trying to insert misinformation in Simpsons articles. Ben-w 20:56, 11 August 2005 (UTC)

The Mervin Monroe is correct, it was stated on a trading card, I believe that was on the article once, but perhaps the vandal removed that as well. I have edited it back to Mervin and added trading card info. Squidward2602 15:39, 1 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Bobby Stone?

Did someone make up the name of the pasty-faced lawyer?- B-101 17:43, 28 August 2005 (UTC)

I think they did; I Googled "Bobby Stone" along with "Simpsons" and returned nothing of any significance. The whole "Elizabeth's brother" thing is a little suspect as well. Plus, the edit is the only one the user had ever done, so I'm thinking vandalism.- Davis21Wylie 16:17, 28 August 2005

[edit] "Pasty Faced" Lawyer

On the World of Springfield action figure (WoS being a highly popular and official Simpsons action figure series), the lawyer was referred to as Blue Haired Lawyer. Has the lawyer ever been called anything in particular on the show? Squidward2602 15:42, 1 September 2005 (UTC)

Yeh, I think blue-haired sounds more familiar, or more approriate really. change? --Ballchef 04:45, 27 October 2005 (UTC)
I don't agree. The Squeaky-Voiced Teen is referred to as "Puberty Boy" on SNPP. APclark 18:10, 8 November 2005 (UTC)

I disagree that he was 'Hugh Jazz' in Flaming Moe's. I'd check but unfortunately I've lent out my season 3. I can't remember exactly what he looked like, but I do recall his voice being distinctly different from the Pasty faced lawyer/blue haired lawyer.

[edit] Note to anyone intending on splitting off a section

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[edit] Cletus the Slack-Jawed Yokel

Man, that's annoying! I put [[List of recurring of recurring characters from The Simpsons#Cletus Spuckler]] all the time and it's been changed to Cletus the Slack-Jawed Yokel! Not fair. --APclark 18:59, 21 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Lovejoy Family

I think we need to re-do the Lovejoys because they are not one and the same person. I can understand Eddie and Lou and Legs and Louie, because they are seen together virtually all the time. Rev. Lovejoy is not standing with Helen and Jessica when he reads the sermon at church. Will someone please take note of this? APclark 11:28, 23 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Bumblebee man text deletion

I deleted the following from Bumblebee man as it does not seem to make any sense.

"A common fan name for the character is Pedro, t Springfield]], where he really was Hispanic"

Asa01 05:27, 10 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] jewish characters

I read at simpsons' official website that krusty is the [[ONLY]] jewish character in the series, but this article claims that almost everyone is jew, could someone fix that?!

Huh? The crazy old man is obviously a Jewish stereotype. Duffman says he's Jewish. Krusty's father is a rabbi. The only other one it says is Jewish is the judge, which may be dubious. john k 18:42, 1 December 2005 (UTC)
However, it seems that anyone black who was originally yellow in The Simpsons seems to be instantly condemned to be "Jewish" on Wikipedia. ☺ APclark Be nice not nasty 21:10, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

Not knowing if it is a used Jewish name, but would Krusty's father's name Hyman, and the fact that he is Jewish, be any reference to female anatomy of hymen?

[edit] Arnie Pie in the Sky

What is this business - " "Arnie in the Sky" (the joke lying in the obtuse omission of the obvious pun)"?? I've heard "Arnie Pie in the Sky" several time in the series. BabuBhatt 22:33, 12 January 2006 (UTC)

"Arnie Pie in the Sky" is the name of Arnie's traffic report segment.- JustPhil 00:20, 13 January 2006 (UTC)

Exactly. so what is this: "Arnie in the Sky" (the joke lying in the obtuse omission of the obvious pun)" ???? BabuBhatt 00:52, 13 January 2006 (UTC)

When Kent first introduces the segment which introduces Arnie, he says "and now we go to Arnie Pie, with Arnie in the Sky." I'm not sure if they kept up with the joke...and the current wording is possibly a little misrepresentative...

I just reverted one of these today without realizing it was so contentious. My bad, sorry. Anyway, I just had a search on The Simpsons Archive and found an episode capsule from a 2001 episode in which Kent does introduce the segment as "Arnie Pie in the Sky".[1] So maybe we should just remove the "joke lying in the obtuse omission of the obvious pun" bit; it was certainly true in the earlier episodes, but apparently not in the later ones. --stephenw32768 <talk> 00:17, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Capitalization

Fixed a capitalization error on the Lugash section of this article. The "He" was spelled "he" in the beginning of a sentence. I capitalized the H. SkinnerIJA 19:35, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

You don't need to explain such minor edits in the talk page. Speaking of Lugash, are we sure he's Romanian? I always thought he was Hungarian, as his name indicates. Edrigu 21:57, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Jessica Lovejoy

Where the heck is she?—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Keeblerjesus (talk • contribs).

[2]

She is Rev. Lovejoy's trouble making daughter!- JustPhil 12:14, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

They said "Where", not "Who".--Greasysteve13 08:35, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] This is the real Tex O'Hara [3]

The rich Texan's name seems to be "Rich Texan".--Greasysteve13 06:35, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Blue Haired Lawyer

I deleted that last sentence. The one guy actually ferers to Ray Combs (the family fued guy who hhung himself). This character is nto based off either Ray Combs or Roy Cohn.

[edit] Pimply faced kid

Should that pimply faced kid be added? The one that works at the grocery store, Krusty Burger etc? Crazekid 20:52, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

"Squeaky-Voiced Teen" already has his own page.- JustPhil 21:12, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Janie

Janie redirects here, but there's no information about the character. 71.105.74.192 05:12, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

Try Janey instead of Janie.Muchi 13:43, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Duffmans?

Should it be Duffmans or Duffmen? Duffmans is whats there, but Duffmen sounds like better grammar. JQF 22:08, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Help with the Old Jewish Man

I added the old Jewish man, but when I did I wasn't sure of the spelling of his deceased brother's name, so if someone who knows more about Jewish names please change it. (Also, I checked around to find a page on the old jewish man first but couldn't, and there aren't any links to him from other pages, but if there is a page and i missed it I'm sorry).JW 16:44, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

According to both the TV subtitles for the episode, and the quotes on the Treehouse of Horror XVI page (and other places carrying Simpsons quotes/transcripts), his brother's name is Irving. I changed it accordingly. --Stevefarrell 09:08, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Cookie Kwans' ancestry

Where is the reference that Cookie is Korean? Kwan is a Chinese name, not Korean. Kransky 03:11, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Jack Larson...

... is just a one time character. --Cyberspace 13:37, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

No he apperead in a few episodes but is rarely,if ever, seen nowadays even in the background Dermo69

[edit] Allison Taylor

Didn't this character only appear in one episode? If she appeared in the background of a later episode, that really shouldn't count. I know she's not the only one on the list like that. Is there a consensus for leaving characters like that on the list? Papercrab 00:32, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
Allison Taylor appears more times. -- Cyberspace 18:32, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

There are some characters listed here who are not really recurring characters, such as Allison Taylor, Jack Larson, Jessica Lovejoy, and Menthol Moose. I think we need to establish some rules for who qualifies as a recurring character. I think they should have to have been in at least 3 episodes where they are more than background characters (ie they say something). Who agrees with me? Edrigu 21:54, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

Allison Tylor had three voice actors, so there must be three episode, where she is speaking. Jack Larson appeared two times and he speaks in both of the episodes. Menthol Moose... uh... Im not sure. Maybe he had more than one appeareance, but I just can remember the beauty queen episode. Jessica Lovejoy ist a recurring character, of course. -- Cyberspace 16:15, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

Can we have a different picture for her section? The current one features Lisa more prominently than Allison. --WikiSlasher 03:05, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Lindsay Naegle

I don't think, this why you exactly spell the name. I think, it's Lindsey Neagle. -- Cyberspace 09:29, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Who does Tress MacNeille voice?

I know it may appear the wrong way around to ask this question here, but I was adding links to the 'Voices on The Simpsons' section of Tress MacNeille and found there were a few of her characters not listed here (or on [List of one-time characters from The Simpsons]] - specificially 'Gavin' and 'Billy'. Anyone know?

Gavin is that spoiled kid who has appeared in 2 episodes and had about 20 seconds of air time. Billy is the kid from the Troy McClure videos. If you wish to add them, do so in the one-timers section. -- Scorpion0422 00:30, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Rabbi Krustofsky

That article links to here, but there is no information on him here, or, it seems, anywhere else. This should not be. If he doesn't merit his own article, then he should be on this list.

[edit] Lou's Birthday

In the Trilogy of Errors episode Lou ask Wiggum if he can hold his gun sideways, Wiggum replies "Well, you're the birthday boy." Based on this I've added Lou's Birthday as March 21st which appears on the newspapers thrown during the episode. posted: Nov. 30th

[edit] The Yes-Guy's real name

  • Where is this information from? -- 87.181.113.192 14:52, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Really confusing

I don't know if you guys realize how confusing it is from the outside to figure out where all the different characters are described at, and the box at the bottom helps a lot but it's...well...at the bottom, so I've added a note at the top in keeping with the tradition of introducing the topic of a page briefly at the top. Irayna 05:28, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

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